fother

See also: foþer

English

Etymology

From Middle English fother, fothir, from Old Norse fóðr (cognate to Old English fōdor), from Proto-Germanic *fōdrą (compare Dutch voer (“pasture, fodder”), German Futter (“feed”), Swedish foder). Doublet of fodder. More at food.

Noun

fother (countable and uncountable, plural fothers)

(obsolete) A wagonload.
(obsolete) A load of any sort.
(historical) A load: various English units of weight or volume based upon standardized cartloads of certain commodities.
- 1866, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, Volume 1, p. 168.
  Now measured by the old hundred, that is, 108 lbs. the charrus contains nearly 19½ hundreds, that is it corresponds to the fodder, or fother, of modern times.
(dialect) Alternative form of fodder, food for animals.
- 1663, Hudibras, by Samuel Butler, part 1, canto 2
  He ripp'd the womb up of his mother, / Dame Tellus, 'cause he wanted fother, / And provender, wherewith to feed / Himself and his less cruel steed.

Synonyms

(unspecific amount): See cartload
(specific amount): See load

Hyponyms

(cartload): See load

Verb

fother (third-person singular simple present fothers, present participle fothering, simple past and past participle fothered)

(dialect) To feed animals (with fother).
(dated, nautical) To stop a leak with oakum or old rope (often by drawing a sail under the hull).

Anagrams

forthe, therof

Middle English

Alternative forms

foður, fothir, fothyr, futher, fodyr, fooder, foþer, foþere, foðer, voðer, ffoder

Etymology

From Old Norse fóðr, from Proto-Germanic *fōdrą. Doublet of fodder.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfoːðər/

Noun

fother (plural fothres)

wagonload (that which fits in a wagon)
A wildly inconsistent measure of weight primarily used for lead.
A great quantity, especially a load or of people.

Descendants

English: fother
Scots: fother

References

“fọ̄ther, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-18.

单词	fother
释义	fother See also: foþer English Etymology From Middle English fother, fothir, from Old Norse fóðr (cognate to Old English fōdor), from Proto-Germanic fōdrą (compare Dutch voer* (“pasture, fodder”), German Futter (“feed”), Swedish foder). Doublet of fodder. More at food. Noun fother (countable and uncountable, plural fothers) (obsolete) A wagonload. (obsolete) A load of any sort. (historical) A load: various English units of weight or volume based upon standardized cartloads of certain commodities. 1866, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, Volume 1, p. 168. Now measured by the old hundred, that is, 108 lbs. the charrus contains nearly 19½ hundreds, that is it corresponds to the fodder, or fother, of modern times. (dialect) Alternative form of fodder, food for animals. 1663, Hudibras, by Samuel Butler, part 1, canto 2 He ripp'd the womb up of his mother, / Dame Tellus, 'cause he wanted fother, / And provender, wherewith to feed / Himself and his less cruel steed. Synonyms (unspecific amount): See cartload (specific amount): See load Hyponyms (cartload): See load Verb fother (third-person singular simple present fothers, present participle fothering, simple past and past participle fothered) (dialect) To feed animals (with fother). (dated, nautical) To stop a leak with oakum or old rope (often by drawing a sail under the hull). Anagrams forthe, therof Middle English Alternative forms foður, fothir, fothyr, futher, fodyr, fooder, foþer, foþere, foðer, voðer, ffoder Etymology From Old Norse fóðr, from Proto-Germanic fōdrą. Doublet of fodder. Pronunciation IPA^(key): /ˈfoːðər/ Noun fother* (plural fothres) wagonload (that which fits in a wagon) A wildly inconsistent measure of weight primarily used for lead. A great quantity, especially a load or of people. Descendants English: fother Scots: fother References “fọ̄ther, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-18.
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